Solitude Quotes

The difference between being alone and being lonely. Quotes about the richness of your own company.

14288 quotes

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"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."
Antoninus Pius
C
"Solitude teaches what society conceals."
Cato the Elder
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"In solitude, the mind finds its greatest clarity."
Cato the Younger
C
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is communion with oneself."
Commodus
C
"In solitude, we discover our true selves."
Cato the Elder
D
"A leader who cannot bear the loneliness of command should never seek it."
Diocletian
D
"The pursuit of absolute power is the pursuit of absolute isolation."
Diocletian
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"In solitude, a man finds either wisdom or madness."
Septimius Severus
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"Solitude teaches what crowds cannot: the sound of one's own heart."
Septimius Severus
C
"In solitude, a leader finds clarity; in community, a leader finds purpose."
Constantine I
C
"In solitude, a man discovers his own character."
Cato the Younger
C
"The silence of solitude speaks louder than the noise of crowds."
Cato the Younger
C
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the company of one's true self."
Cato the Younger
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"I learned that to be emperor is to be forever misunderstood by those beneath you."
Hadrian
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"In solitude, we often find the answers that crowds cannot provide."
Antoninus Pius
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"In solitude, we become acquainted with the stranger we call ourselves."
Antoninus Pius
C
"The contemplative man finds riches in solitude."
Cato the Elder
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"In solitude, a man finds his true self"
Trajan
S
"Solitude is where the soul finds its voice, away from the clamor of crowds."
Septimius Severus
D
"The throne is cold comfort for a restless heart."
Domitian
D
"Silence is the loudest declaration of all."
Domitian
C
"Solitude is where I commune with my own divinity."
Commodus
C
"Solitude with power is paradise; solitude without it is prison."
Commodus
"Solitude allows the mind to grow and flourish."
Vespasian
H
"In solitude, I find clarity; in crowds, I find purpose."
Hadrian
H
"The greatest journey is the journey inward."
Hadrian
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"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."
Titus
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"How much trouble he avoids who does not look to what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only to what he does himself."
Titus
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"Solitude is where the soul learns to know itself."
Antoninus Pius
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"The pursuit of absolute power is the surest path to absolute loneliness."
Domitian